From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:42:33 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Add check for pipe/fifo files
X-Git-Tag: fio-1.16~20
X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b5605e9ded4188ed91faae1a43ecd333a9856f62

Add check for pipe/fifo files

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
---

diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index bd975d82..bb25cd5c 100644
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int file_invalidate_cache(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 			log_err("fio: only root may flush block devices. Cache flush bypassed!\n");
 			ret = 0;
 		}
-	} else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR)
+	} else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR || f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_PIPE)
 		ret = 0;
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ static void get_file_type(struct fio_file *f)
 			f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_BD;
 		else if (S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
 			f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_CHAR;
+		else if (S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode))
+			f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_PIPE;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fio.h b/fio.h
index 1a318921..7ac57343 100644
--- a/fio.h
+++ b/fio.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ enum fio_filetype {
 	FIO_TYPE_FILE = 1,		/* plain file */
 	FIO_TYPE_BD,			/* block device */
 	FIO_TYPE_CHAR,			/* character device */
+	FIO_TYPE_PIPE,			/* pipe */
 };
 
 enum fio_ioengine_flags {